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FRANK D. CABLE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE YOST MANUFAC- TURIN Gr COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MUD-GUARD SUPPORT FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,405, dated December 26, 1893.

Application filed February 18, 1893. Serial No. 462,857. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK D. CABLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and y,useful Improvements in Mud-Guard Supports for Bicycles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in the means for securing in place upon bicycles removable mudn guards.

It has for its object to provide means by which the mud guard can be very expeditiously adjusted and secured in place, and with equal facility removed when so desired.

With these objects and ends in View my invention consists of a mud guard support adapted to be secured tothe mud guard and so constructed as to be rigidly secured in place upon the forks and readily removable therefrom as will be hereinafter and in detail explained.

In order that those skilled in the art to which my invention pertains may fully understand the same and know how to make and use my improved support,I will proceed to describe its construction and the manner of applying the same, referring by letters to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a detail View in elevation showing part of the fork of a bicycle with my improved mud guard support secured in place and attached to a mud guard which is shown in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view of the mud guard support without the mud guard. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing a modilication of the support and in which sheet metal is used. Fig. 5 is an end view of the sheet metal support; and Fig. Gis a top or plan view of the same.

Similar letters of reference denote like parts in the several figures.

Referring to Figs. l, 2 and 3, A A are two castings each provided with curved ends a,

The casting A, while in every other respect like its twin A', is provided or formed with a right-angled projection or foot E having a suitable number of rivet holes b (see Fig. 3) and is adapted to be secured to the mudguard F, by rivets e. (See Figs. 1 and 2.)

From the construction illustrated and described it will be seen that the supports A, A', may be readily clamped upon forks of va- .rying sizes or contours and that when clamped in place form a rigid support for the mud guard F, and thatthe support and mud guard can be quickly removed by simply loosening the screw bolts C. Y The construction which I have thus far described involves the employment of clamps composed of cast iron but when it is desired to secure greater lightness of construction the clamp may be composed of a single piece of sheet metal which is illustrated at Figs. 4, 5 and 6, the only difference between the two forms being that the sheet metal clamp G is formed with bent loops H extended at h, h, and adapted to be clamped upon the fork by means of screw bolts I passing through the extensions h; the support G is secured to the mud guard by rivets in substantially the same manner as that previously described.

Many other slight variations may be made in the construction of the support without departing from the spirit of my invention, the gist of which rests in the idea of a support to which the mud guard may be secured in any suitable manner, and of such construction that it may be readily clamped upon or removed from the tubes constituting the fork of a bicycle; and consequentlyl do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, but

What I claim as of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A mud guard support for bicycles adapted t0 have secured theretoa mud guard, and clamped in position by bolts and nuts D, ro provided with open ends to embrace the tubes sbstantiaily asand for the piu'poses set forth.

of the bicycle fork, in combination with suit- In testimony whereof I affix my signature in able binding screw-bolts, substantially as presence of two witnesses. 5 hereinbefore set forth. FRANK D. CABLE.

2. A mud guard support for bicycles composed of the castings A, A', formed with Witnesses: curved embracing ends a, the casting Ahav- L. D. POWERS,

lng a foot E, said castings adapted to be G. F. MILLER. 

